The housing crisis for low- and moderate-income renters continues. The new Administration’s actions, such as potential cuts to staff and programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will likely exacerbate it. These developments add to the existing challenges of a severe shortage of affordable, decent housing; spiking rent increases; and abuses by corporate…
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Join us for an in-depth discussion and overview of HUD’s latest fair housing guidance on rental applicant screening. This webinar will delve into the practical implications of the guidance, offer compliance strategies, and explore how policymakers can harness this framework to develop local and state tenant screening policies that promote fair and non-discriminatory housing access.…
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Report discusses state and local laws addressing rental housing junk fees and provides recommendations to protect renters.
This companion report to Too Damn High focuses on steps that state and local governments and advocates can take to address junk fees.
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This is a petition urging the CFPB to open a rulemaking under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to define residential real estate leases as “credit” and landlords as “creditors” under the ECOA for two limited purposes:
